Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: O. Maheshwari, MD
November 2022
... of psychiatrists and family physicians based in Victoria, BC, developed and implemented Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ... and Salt Spring Island. Many additional communities in BC requested access to the program, yet geographic barriers ... approximately 210 patients were put on hold. Doctors of BC announced that MSP fee codes for all appointments, ...
Obituaries /
BY: Richard James, MD
January/February 2021
... This also enabled him to rejoin his immediate family in BC. Dave worked hard and played hard during his residency ...
News
May 2021
... on Rural Issues (JSC), a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government, has announced significant changes to the Rural ... 2018. Facilitated by the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, nearly 600 rural physicians were consulted via ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Janet Evans, MD
July/August 2021
... the default payee if an alternative payee (ICBC, WorkSafe BC, patient-pay) is not selected, and some EMRs may default ... visits. For more information about the LSA, go to www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the BCMJ we ...
News
October 2021
... supports via the Wellbeing website ( https://wellbeing.gov.bc.ca ). The website features a guided search tool that helps ...
News
December 2021
... Services Committee (SSC)—a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government. SSC is providing $50 000 for this pilot ... . Indicate you are a member of Doctors of BC. Wait 30 to 60 seconds to connect with an interpreter. For ...
Letters /
BY: Mandana Kaviani, MD
September 2021
... MBBS —Manbir Sandhu, MD —Tiffany Wong, MD Letters BC Society of Allergy and Immunology statement on the climate ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
January/February 2021
... the chain of office and became president of Doctors of BC on 11 December 2020. He spoke with BCMJ editor Dr David ... youth psychiatry to health systems work with Doctors of BC. How do we get more specialists with your training? It’s ... dozens of new child psychiatrists just to meet demand in BC, and we only train a handful a year. We’ve also ...
News, COVID-19
April 2021
Doctors of BC has developed an information toolkit to support doctors ...
President's Comment /
BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD
June 2021
... 2019–2022 Physician Master Agreement between Doctors of BC and the government will end on 31 March 2022. Formal ... which we will do to the best of our ability. Doctors of BC and the government have agreed not to speak publicly about ... requests into account. —Matthew C. Chow, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Keeping you informed during ...